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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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CHAPTER 7
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Esther reveals Haman’s plot to destroy the Jews—He is hanged on his own gallows.
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So</span> the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
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And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What <i>is</i> thy <sup>a</sup><a href="esth/7/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Esth. 5: 6; Esth. 9: 12.">petition</a>, queen Esther?  and it shall be granted thee: and what <i>is</i> thy request?  and it shall be performed, <i>even</i> to the half of the kingdom.
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Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
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For we are <sup>a</sup><a href="esth/7/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Esth. 3: 9; Esth. 4: 7.">sold</a>, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish.  But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, <sup>b</sup><a href="esth/7/4b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB for that would not have damaged the king’s interests.">although</a> the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
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&#182; Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
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And Esther said, The adversary and enemy <i>is</i> this wicked Haman.  Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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&#182; And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath <i>went</i> into the palace <sup>a</sup><a href="esth/7/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Esth. 1: 5.">garden</a>: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther <i>was.</i>  Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house?  As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="esth/7/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Esth. 1: 10.">Harbonah</a>, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the <sup>b</sup><a href="esth/7/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Esth. 5: 14.">gallows</a> fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for <sup>c</sup><a href="esth/7/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Esth. 2: 22 (21-22).">Mordecai</a>, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.  Then the king said, <sup>d</sup><a href="esth/7/9d" mark="d" type="A" title="Prov. 11: 5 (5-6).">Hang</a> him thereon.
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So they hanged Haman on the <sup>a</sup><a href="esth/7/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 7: 2 (1-2); 1 Ne. 14: 3; D&C 10: 26 (25-27).">gallows</a> that he had prepared for Mordecai.  Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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